Episode 014 · Wednesday, July 29, 2026
The album that ruined every other album
with Alex Rivera
A sound engineer on the record that reset her standards at nineteen, and the decade she spent chasing that feeling through everything else.
Full broadcast — The album that ruined every other album
1:58:00
Alex works out of a converted barn north of Hailey. We spent the first hour on monitoring — why she stopped trusting headphones, and what a room does to a mix that a spec sheet never tells you.
Tracklist
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- It’s My Life—Talk Talk
- Cherry-coloured Funk—Cocteau Twins
- Alison—Slowdive
- Come On Let’s Go—Broadcast
- French Disko—Stereolab
Playlist